East County youth captures Outstanding Teen 2011 title

LA MESA  La Mesa resident Danamarie McNicoll-Carter, who attends Our Lady of Peace, won the title of Miss San Diego’s Outstanding Teen 2011 last weekend at the 2011 Miss San Diego Pageant held at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts.

More than $4,000 in scholarships were awarded to many of the 35 young women from ages 13 to 24 who participated in the Miss San Diego Pageant.

McNicoll-Carter, a former Miss Teen La Mesa, “wowed the judges with piano performance, which accounted for 35 percent of the overall score,” according to Alexandra Kuty, who runs the Miss La Mesa and Miss Santee pageants.

McNicoll-Carter will next compete for Miss California’s Outstanding Teen 2011 this summer in Fresno. The event is the official preliminary to Miss America’s Outstanding Teen.

McNicholl-Carter also won the title of Miss Photogenic and won in the category of Most Outstanding Interview at the pageant.